A look at the best news photos from around the world.
February 19, 2019
![Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day outside Bangkok, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cb42a876-e4ad-4593-a936-5ddcb6c542e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Buddhist monks pray at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day outside Bangkok, Thailand.
![Cambodians release lanterns during the Meak Bochea Buddhist celebration in Phnom Penh.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3b5e0980-1826-4f98-8503-5bf7fdf1d4f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cambodians release lanterns during the Meak Bochea Buddhist celebration in Phnom Penh.
![A Nepali Hindu devotee rolls on the ground after performing a bathing ritual on the last day of the month-long Swasthani Festival in the Hanumante River in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu.](https://gdb.voanews.com/22c60f62-ec10-48a9-9935-6cdf33e76f67_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Nepali Hindu devotee rolls on the ground after performing a bathing ritual on the last day of the month-long Swasthani Festival in the Hanumante River in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
![A young girl carrying a broken plastic bucket full of food on her head in Kano, northern Nigeria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d682ee98-c06c-43f5-acd5-fc2a8fb2d266_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young girl carrying a broken plastic bucket full of food on her head in Kano, northern Nigeria.
![College students in Kolkata, India, hold candles during a vigil to pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car into the bus carrying them in south Kashmir last week.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a15ec815-777d-496b-a72c-1a6768d06eb9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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College students in Kolkata, India, hold candles during a vigil to pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car into the bus carrying them in south Kashmir last week.
![Tombs are vandalized in the Jewish cemetery of Quatzenheim, eastern France. Marches and gatherings against anti-Semitism are taking place across France following a series of anti-Semitic acts that shocked the country.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6489c43f-0f49-4d12-9537-2fd955775db7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tombs are vandalized in the Jewish cemetery of Quatzenheim, eastern France. Marches and gatherings against anti-Semitism are taking place across France following a series of anti-Semitic acts that shocked the country.
![A 'Super Snow Moon' rises as construction laborers work at a building site in Kolkata, India. Super Moon is a term used when a full moon is at or near its closest approach to Earth.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e2f7c0d0-fdc8-45a1-88b4-a08bba91ccb0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A 'Super Snow Moon' rises as construction laborers work at a building site in Kolkata, India. Super Moon is a term used when a full moon is at or near its closest approach to Earth.
![A model presents a creation adorned with images of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London Fashion Week Women's A/W19.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0d55c1b4-9716-4018-a4c2-41265609e55d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A model presents a creation adorned with images of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London Fashion Week Women's A/W19.
![This aerial photo taken from a hot air balloon shows people traveling by boats on Inle lake in Shan State,Myanmar, Feb. 18, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6b52848d-beca-43d4-8c8c-139e1963db5f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This aerial photo taken from a hot air balloon shows people traveling by boats on Inle lake in Shan State,Myanmar, Feb. 18, 2019.
![A Chinese blacksmith (L) throwing molten metal against a cold stone wall to create a shower of sparks, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, in Nuanquan, Feb 18, 2019.](https://gdb.voanews.com/29d6ce37-66ec-4e90-96d4-d17e1e4ffc0f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Chinese blacksmith (L) throwing molten metal against a cold stone wall to create a shower of sparks, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, in Nuanquan, Feb 18, 2019.
![The pack rides during the fourth stage of the cycling Tour of Oman between Yiti (al-Sifah) on the outskirts of Muscat and the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre in the capital.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0ace3357-e6f4-4196-bbf9-85ad28c20c07_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The pack rides during the fourth stage of the cycling Tour of Oman between Yiti (al-Sifah) on the outskirts of Muscat and the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre in the capital.
![An Indian sadhu (Hindu holy man) sits on the banks of Sangam -- the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers -- on the auspicious bathing day of 'Maghi Purnima' during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad.](https://gdb.voanews.com/00a58c33-8830-4b65-99a2-ac0fddcb9179_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian sadhu (Hindu holy man) sits on the banks of Sangam -- the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers -- on the auspicious bathing day of 'Maghi Purnima' during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad.